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Corea del Sud
Airport operator unlikely to accept duty-free operator's rent cut demand
The operator of Incheon International Airport is likely to snub calls from Lotte Duty Free, the country's top duty-free
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Abu Dhabi Global Market and Let's Talk Payments lead fintech connectivity with new partnership
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Nigeria
How Nigeria can attract capital for infrastructure — Experts
Oyetunji Abioye To attract the local and foreign private capital needed for infrastructure financing, economic and financial experts have advised the Federal Government to review its policies in order to achieve better business environment. The experts, who posited that the solution to inadequate infrastructure financing in the country was private ...
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USA
Prepare for economy without oil, Akande warns FG
Femi Makinde, Osogbo A former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has urged the Federal Government to explore other sources of revenue, warning that the income from crude oil will further decrease, especially with the United States and other buyers converting to electric-powered vehicles. Akande, who gave the warning ...
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Nigeria
Mogajis tell Olubadan to install new chiefs
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Council of Authentic Ibadan Mogajis on Sunday visited the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, in his palace, where they implored him to put the crisis surrounding the installation of 21 new Ibadan kings by the state government behind him and perform his traditional duty ...
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Nigeria
NIRSAL, Stanbic sign N50bn agric financing deal
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending has entered into a N50bn agriculture financing partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank for the 2017 and 2018 dry and wet seasons. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Abuja by the Managing Director, NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulhameed, and his ...
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Nigeria
Falz, Saka thrill fans at MTN/Arsenal viewing centres
Football enthusiasts were entertained on Sunday at viewing centres in Lagos and Ibadan, while watching the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea. The MTN-Arsenal partnership afforded excited fans the opportunity to interact with MTN Ambassadors Falzthebahdguy and Saka. They were at O’jez Restaurant in Lagos and the Water Shed ...
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Nigeria
Buhari government must reboot economy
RECENT developments portend scant optimism for Nigeria achieving significant economic recovery very soon. A report of second quarter growth of 0.55 per cent, reversing five consecutive quarters of contraction, collided with continued depression of international oil prices, high unemployment, collapsing infrastructure and visibly saner policies in peer countries. To avoid ...
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Nigeria
AFC: Nigeria needs $3tr to fix infrastructure
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has said Nigeria needs $3 trillion to fix huge infrastructure deficit in the country over the next three decades. The AFC President/Chief Executive Andrew Alli, who disclosed this at the weekend during a news conference in Lagos, also called on government to allow cost-reflective tariffs ...
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Nigeria
Why ALGON’s Private Sector Partnership On Agriculture Should Be Sustained
By Bunmi Oteniya – The importance of agriculture to the development of Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. Previous administrations in the country as well as various stakeholders have at different fora harped on the significance of exploring the agricultural angle for the development of Nigeria, but the required blueprint to make ...